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Recognised as Colour

#68ADE5

  • #68ADE5
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#68ADE5 is a blue with RGB values 104, 173, 229 and HSL 207°, 71%, 65%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#68ADE5#68ADE5
HEX#68ADE5
RGBrgb(104, 173, 229)
RGB (0–1)0.4078, 0.6784, 0.898
RGB percentages40.8%, 67.8%, 89.8%
HSLhsl(206.9, 70.6%, 65.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(206.9, 54.6%, 89.8%)
CMYK54.6%, 24.5%, 0%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,860,261
CSS custom property--colour: #68ADE5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.38487WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness163.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.7:1
Contrast with white2.41:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.7:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A2A2A2
Inverted#97521A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#95AEE8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12 from the original
Deuteranopia#84A1E4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13.3 from the original
Tritanopia#05BAC0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 36.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.41:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.7:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 13.8Deep skyblue · ΔE 14.6Steel blue · ΔE 16.2Sky blue · ΔE 19.4Cornflower blue · ΔE 22.1Light steelblue · ΔE 22.5
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 13.83, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E5A068
Analogous#68E5DF, #686FE5
Triadic#E568AD, #ADE568
Split complementary#E5686F, #E5DF68
Tetradic#DE68E5, #E5A068, #6FE568

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#EBF4FB
Lighter +20%#BFDCF4
Lighter +10%#94C5EC
Darker −10%#3C95DE
Darker −20%#227CC5
Darker −30%#1A619A
Darker −40%#13456E
More saturated +25%#52AFFB
Less saturated −25%#7EABCF

Channel breakdown

R104
G173
B229
Red104 (40.8%)
Green173 (67.8%)
Blue229 (89.8%)
Hue206.88°
Saturation (HSL)70.62%
Lightness65.29%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 68 · G AD · B E5

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